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I feel like I’ve been enlightened.
Overnight
Steel
Cut
Oats.
Who knew?!
You didn’t, right? This isn’t something I’ve just been unaware of the whole time is it?
That tends to happen to me. A lot.
Ulysses said they tasted like bubble gum. I don’t agree whatsoever, but that’s not really a bad taste so I figured I’d put it out there for those who might desire some bubblicious at 7am.
These are a totally different ball game than regular overnight oats, which I’m not a huge fan of because of the totally mushy, gummy consistency they have. These are chewy, nutty and have a delicious orange flavor throughout like your morning glass of OJ and oatmeal got frisky in the fridge overnight.
And after attending a birthday party with 15 kids age 4 and under yesterday, that’s about the only kind of friskiness that’s going down over here for a long time.
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 1 cup almond milk + ¼ cup in the morning
- juice of ½ an orange
- ½ tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon orange extract
- ⅛ teaspoon ginger
- Mix all ingredients together in a seal-able container and let sit overnight in the refrigerator (10-12 hours).
- In the morning, add the remaining ¼ cup almond milk to thin the oats out a bit and stir together.
- Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy cold or microwave for 30 seconds to take the chill off.
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I love the bright orange spoons and the little oranges. So bright and cheery!
Yum! I love overnight oats – but just can’t seem to stomach them in cold weather!
I never had steal cut oats for overnight oatmeal, huh, I’ll have to try it! I love the little spoons you have, so cute, where did you get them?
I have the small little spoons in blue and got them at Crate & Barrel.
Yep, C&B like Brittany said. They were only like $1 or $2 too!
Love the idea of overnight steel cut oats. Definitely trying this!
haha toooo funny about the birthday party, sounds…. fun? I don’t eat oats much but I do remember living steal cut because they are way chewier and more dense and fill me up easier.
I love overnight oats with rolled oats, but had no idea it also worked with steel cut! The orange and ginger flavor sounds wonderful!
Oh my goodness! This is so freaky… Right before going to bed last night, I thought about steel cut oats for breakfast. Before I started my blog checks a few minutes ago, I started boiling a pot of water for it. I have not so great strawberries that I was going to soak in orange juice and zest to add into the oats. Then, I read this and started laughing out loud. We are on the same boat today!
haha! great minds…
Hope yours turned out good!
I love steel cut oats, but I had no idea you could use them to make overnight oats! I always thought they would stay too hard without cooking them, so I never tried it. The orange flavor sounds delicious! I’ll have to try this soon.
They definitely stay chewier than regular oats but nonetheless, edible!
Great idea! I was wondering if this would work with steel cut oats!
They’re definitely chewy but I kinda liked that texture
I’ve never tried steel cut oats this way! I have made Alton Brown’s version of steel cut overnight oats, but that involved a slow cooker.
These are great photos. So much light! Seems like a great way to wake up.
Thanks!
Awesome! I just heard about using steel cut oats in overnight oats too, but haven’t tried it yet. Can’t wait because I’m not usually a fan of regular overnight oats for the same reason as you. The orange flavor in yours sounds delicious!
I’ve really, really tried to like steel cut oats, but I think this recipe might make me LOVE them. Sounds and looks delicious.
YUM!!! I love this idea! I love OO’s and never thought about citrisy ones! Wonder how else you could use the orange extract. Thanks
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I love that you can make the oatmeal the night before and it is ready to go in the morning.
I had no idea! I love overnight oats and steel cut oats.
Oats in a mason jar…so presh. I bet this would be amazing with coconut. I’m gonna try it with Trader Joe’s quick cooking steel cut oats–hopefully those’ll work. And I don’t have orange extract..but oh well that’s not stopping me either!!
I was searching the web for a steel cut overnight oats recipe and yours was the first reliable source! Thanks so much for this! I was successful in my making my own for this morning (without the orange infusion sorry to say) but it’s such a flexible recipe. Love the chewiness. I can’t agree more about mushy oatmeal BARF! Anyway, I love how wholesome your recipes are. Great blog! I will be a continuous follower!
I tried a variation of this last night. I like it and my husband loved it. We added juice and zest from a whole orange, omitted maple syrup, added 1 cup of frozen blueberries and upped the almond milk to 1 1/2 cups. Also I forgot the ginger and we didn’t have orange essence. It was amazing. I couldn’t finish a whole serving. Definitely a jaw workout!
haha, yeah the steel cut oats definitely make you work for it! glad you liked it
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